IELTS Writing Task 1 #120

IELTS Tip

Note that the number of words in this sample
is 178. Always write at least 150 words but do not go much over this figure
as you will not get any extra marks and you will use up time which you can
better spend on doing Task 2.

The diagrams below show the
changes that have taken place at Queen Mary Hospital since its construction in 1960.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Write at least 150 words.

Model answer

The diagrams show Queen Mary Hospital at three different
stages in its development: 1960, 1980 and 2000.

In 1960, the hospital was built close to a main road and
next to a shopping centre. A large area behind the hospital was turned into a car
park, while the area behind the shopping centre was farmland.

By 1980, the shopping centre had been demolished in order
to make way for two additional hospital building which became a pharmacy and a cancer
centre. Furthermore, the hospital gained the farmland and converted it into a nursing
school.

In 2000, the main hospital building remained unchanged but
the cancer centre was extended to cover the entire nursing school. As a result of
this, the original car park was divided into two so that it provided a smaller car
park and a small nursing school.

During this period, the hospital has increased in size and,
in addition to a new nursing school, a cancer centre has been created and extended.
Hence the capacity of the car park has been reduced by a half.